Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Sep. 05, 1974
1 - 1New Faces, Old Hands Sep. 05, 1974
1 - 2The Hustler Sep. 12, 1974
1 - 3A Night In Sep. 19, 1974
1 - 4A Day Out Sep. 26, 1974
1 - 5Ways and Means Oct. 03, 1974
1 - 6Men Without Women Oct. 10, 1974
2Season 2 Oct. 24, 1975
2 - 1Just Desserts Oct. 24, 1975
2 - 2Heartbreak Hotel Oct. 31, 1975
2 - 3Disturbing the Peace Nov. 07, 1975
2 - 4No Peace For the Wicked Nov. 14, 1975
2 - 5Happy Release Nov. 21, 1975
2 - 6The Harder They Fall Nov. 28, 1975
3Season 3 Feb. 18, 1977
3 - 1A Storm in a Teacup Feb. 18, 1977
3 - 2Poetic Justice Feb. 25, 1977
3 - 3Rough Justice Mar. 04, 1977
3 - 4Pardon Me Mar. 11, 1977
3 - 5A Test of Character Mar. 18, 1977
3 - 6Final Stretch Mar. 25, 1977
Creator
Creator
Cast
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Lennie Godber
Mr. Mackay
Mr. Barrowclough
Synopsis
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. “Doing porridge” is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons.
The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Original title Porridge
TMDb Rating 8.3
First air date Sep. 05, 1974
Last air date Mar. 25, 1977
Average Duration 30 minutes
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